Nov 27, 2011

Wow, two posts in one day. But I was asked how my ribbon trees were made. So I thought I’d share how I figured it out…

I cut a piece of ribbon about 19”. With a fine tip marker made a tiny dot 2” from one end to mark a starting point.

From there I made dots along the ribbon spacing them apart at: 2 3/4”, 2 1/2”, 2 1/4”, 2”, 1 3/4”, 1 1/2”, 1 1/4” and 1”. (The spaces between get smaller by a quarter of an inch). I also gathered some pearl beads and large seed beads.

I inserted my double threaded needle through the beginning dot, a pearl bead and a seed bead. Then came back through the pearl bead and ribbon to secure the bottom of the tree.

I added another bead and went through the next dot again and again…

Until there were four loops on each side ending with a pearl on top. I threaded through another seed bead and back through the pearl and ribbon to secure just like at the beginning.

Finally I went back up through both beads again and tied a knot at about an inch or so to make a hanging loop.

Clipped the ends of the ribbons to where I liked them and touched them up with Fray Check…

...mom to two awesome daughters and two great sons-in-law and grandma to four beautiful grandchildren. I'm madly in love with my sweet husband. Sewing and creating makes my life even more enjoyable. And yellow has always been my favorite color.